Craig Hyde, who has 38 years of umpiring experience, has been named the NCAA’s national coordinator of softball umpires. Craig Hyde, new coordinator of softball umpires “I am thrilled to be provided this opportunity,” Hyde said. “Softball...

The estate of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, his son Jay Paterno, and Bill Kenney today voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit against the NCAA. The NCAA did not settle the case and provided plaintiffs with no consideration—...

The Division I Football Oversight Committee identified the football playing season, size of football support staffs and the approach to determining when a student has used a season of competition as key agenda items for the committee in the coming months.

The Division I Council Transfer Working Group will ask the membership for feedback on several potential concepts designed to create the best outcomes for both student-athletes and schools involved in the transfer process.

College football, one of America’s most beloved and popular institutions, is getting ready to celebrate a big birthday. And it plans to do so in style. A group of college football leaders announced plans today to launch a nationwide...

Blake James has always been intrigued by college sports. The athletics director at Miami (Florida) knew when he was a student himself that he wanted to work in the field. Now James is the new chair of the Division I Council, the day-to-day decision-making body for the division.

Though roster sizes are swelling in some Division III sports as athletics departments strive to help meet their institutions’ enrollment demands, the number of student-athletes allowed to dress or be on the bench for NCAA championship events will remain at current levels.

Athletics administrators in all NCAA divisions may soon be able to benchmark their school’s health and safety procedures, staffing levels and other pertinent practices against comparable schools across the country.

The former Sam Houston State head women’s tennis coach failed to promote an atmosphere of NCAA rules compliance when he knowingly engaged in impermissible recruiting contact and was involved in giving $1,167 in benefits to a student-athlete before and after she enrolled at the university.

NCAA President Mark Emmert has named a national search committee to help identify candidates for the newly created senior position of executive vice president of inclusion and human resources. The 12-member committee will guide the effort...

A former Louisville director of basketball operations acted unethically when he committed serious violations by arranging striptease dances and sex acts for prospects, student-athletes and others, and did not cooperate with the investigation.